Wat is Internship, return offer, graduate programme, lateral hire?

An internship is a paid work placement of a few weeks or months for a student, designed by the firm as a trial for a permanent job. A return offer is the offer of a permanent job made to an intern at the end of the internship. A graduate programme is a firm’s structured entry route for new graduates, with training and often rotations before a permanent placement. A lateral hire is an experienced person hired from another employer into a role at their level.